UNSPSC 71121120: Sand control through coiled tubing services

Perform sand control through coiled tubing.

UNSPSC 71121120 Sand control through coiled tubing services, a Commodity code, encompasses well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration work that state and local governments procure when remediating orphaned or non-producing oil and gas wells. Recent solicitations show state environmental and energy departments executing large-scale well closure programs, with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy currently leading the market through multiple concurrent direct solicitations for orphan well plugging across its gas storage assets in Gratiot and Montcalm counties. The work being solicited includes site supervision, labor across multiple drilling and construction classifications, rig services in various configurations, well casing and tubing rental, cementing, wireline services, waste disposal, heavy equipment operations, site preparation, and full site restoration including infrastructure removal and seeding. Contractors must hold Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance and be prequalified through prior RFP processes; evaluation emphasizes technical qualifications (key personnel, business-owned equipment, technical experience, and vendor questions) with best-value selection rather than lowest price. Geographic activity concentrates in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions, with Michigan dominating recent solicitations through its orphan well program targeting new haven gas storage wells, while Mississippi, Texas, and Florida show emerging activity in well abandonment and water well maintenance contracts.

The issuing-body mix skews toward state environmental and natural resources departments managing orphaned wells under federal infrastructure grant programs, alongside water utilities and municipal authorities procuring well rehabilitation and maintenance services. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued at least four concurrent orphan well direct solicitations (posted June 29 and July 16, 2026, all due July 21, 2026) covering 38 total gas storage wells across three separate projects—New Haven Sections 3, 4, 5–10, 31–33, and Plank—with Davis-Bacon prevailing wages ranging from $39.57 to $41.32 per hour plus $25.25 to $40.00 fringe depending on classification. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy soliciting proposals for Orphan Well New Haven Sec 3 (3 Wells) Gratiot County and Orphan Well New Haven Energy Sec 4 (14 Wells) Gratiot County, both direct solicitations with July 21, 2026 deadlines requiring prequalification and mandatory pre-proposal meetings on July 9, 2026; the City of Sarasota County requesting quotes for well abandonment at a single residential property under an RFQ with a $50,000 ceiling due July 10, 2026; and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources issuing an IFB for supplemental irrigation well installation at Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area with a small business set-aside and July 9, 2026 deadline (extended from July 2). The code shows limited recent activity tied specifically to coiled tubing sand control as an isolated service; instead, recent opportunities reflect broader well closure, rehabilitation, and maintenance procurement where sand control may be embedded within larger plugging or water quality management scopes.